Stanza 121

Original Old Norse:	Auden & Taylor:	Bellows:	Bray:
Ráðumk þér Loddfáfnir en þú ráð nemir njóta mundu ef þú nemr þér munu góð ef þú getr vin þínum ver þú aldregi fyrri at flaumslitum sorg etr hjarta ef þú segja ne náir einhverjum allan hug	Cherish those near you, never be The first to break with a friend: Care eats him who can no longer Open his heart to another.	I rede thee, Loddfafnir! | and hear thou my rede,- Profit thou hast if thou hearest, Great thy gain if thou learnest: Be never the first | to break with thy friend The bond that holds you both; Care eats the heart | if thou canst not speak To another all thy thought.	120. I counsel thee, Stray-Singer, accept my counsels, they will be thy boon if thou obey'st them, they will work thy weal if thou win'st them: be never the first with friend of thine to break the bond of fellowship; care shall gnaw thy heart if thou canst not tell all thy mind to another.
Chisholm:	Hollander:	Terry:	Thorpe:
I give you rede Loddfafnir, heed it well! You will use it, if you learn it, it will get you good, if you understand it. Never be the first to forsake a friend. Sorrow eats the heart of he who can no longer speak his mind to anyone.	Hear thou, Loddfafnir, and heed it well, learn it, 'twill lend thee strength, follow it, 'twill further thee: the first be not with a friend to break who was faithful found to thee; for sorrow eateth the soul of him who may not unburden his mind.	Heed my words, Loddfafnir, listen to my counsel; you'll be better off if you believe me, follow my advice, and you'll fare well: always be faithful, never be the first to fail a friendship; grief consumes the heart that must take care to keep itself concealed.	123. I counsel thee, etc. With thy friend be thou never first to quarrel. Care gnaws the heart, if thou to no one canst thy whole mind disclose.
We continue with the words of advice concerning friends specifically. This stanza is warning us to cherish those friends we do have. Don't be the reason you are no longer friends.